Big Ed's Exreme Truck Makeover part II

Dsl_Dog_Treat

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Hey Guys, Well we got the motor out today, Too bad Ron Misssed it, He called in sick:puke: Get Better Ron, and thanks for being on call for when we had a question, we know you were there in spirit! ;Sweet

Yeah wished I could have been there. I'm still running a fever this morning. Man this cold sucks!

Was glad to help anyway I could and am glad are feelings are mutual on that turbo removal.:puke:

Was good to see Chris again 'specially since he showed up at my house last night bearing gifts and yes his truck does look AWESOME!!!!.;Sweet
Chris, you da man!
Thankyou!:hail
 

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it's not a problem, spill away. i haven't had the gumption to post an update lately, 20 below with wind chill today, so i'm staying warm. any pics you have let's see um:D
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Hey Ron, Watch ya gonna do with your present,..? Too bad you cant spill the beans yet, well wait till we hear from Chirs.

Well the Beef is slated for a makeover when I get the shop cleared out of that old Chevy and Mater gets a fine going over again.

Yep, they're gonna look purdy schaweet on the Beef along with the ground effect skirting.

Kinda like a hotrod / lead sled pickem up look.:love:
 

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Say.... I'm really liken those leggs on that lunch table....:D You guys look happy to be taking a break... Wish I was there too. Half way drive accross the country is just a bit more than I could do... I don't like driving on frozen streets... The white stuff ascares me.....:D The only white stuff on our streets in So Ca. is coke and thats a really bad thing.....
 

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I didn't know coke is slippery :dunno cookoo


The I always thought it was stickey,.. I know Pepsi and Mt Dew is,...:dunno


So a quick update,... I have been dealing with a bad 4 letter word here a lot this season,.. SNOW!.. We have been getting 6 inches about every 3 days latley. When we get snow I loose a day just plowing, moving cars, and clearing the lot. So I am behind on all of my projects.

One thing leads to another,.. Droopy the Plow Truck has a broken part in the steering column. Well with all the snow it HAS to be fixed. I have an extra steering column that will be installed in Big Ed, so I removed the column out of Ed to use as parts to fix Droopy.

I am removing the column shift to install a floor shifter in the center counsol. so the new steering column is from a 5 speed. Since I am putting in a floor shifter I decided to remove all of the interior.

Since I removed the interior, I decided to install sound deadening material, and what the heck, may as well install carpet.

Under the truck the driveshaft's are removed, and the trans T-Case and Gearvendors are unhooked and ready to be moved back 4" . Should be a little easier than originoally thought. I hope to have it moved back by Wednessday.

I have had one area of concern, and that is the flywheel to torqueconverter adapter, known as the Wave Ring (see pic) It has held up for 20K miles on a stock Cummins, however I am probablly doubling the HP and TQ and the wave ring looks a little flimsy for that. So I am having a ring made out of high tenseled steel at my buddy's machine shop. That should be done on Thursday.

If all that happens I would like to drop the motor in on Saturday, the 8th. Sounds like Ron will be here getting his hands dirty. :thumbsup:

You can see the wave ring on bolted to the flywheel, and the rest of the interior carnage,..
 

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